Member Highlights

Monday, May 18, 2020

Dr. Sania Muneer, Brett Chambers, and Collie Fulford recently sat down in a virtual talk to discuss the role of Digital Humanities in online pedagogy. Taking on new meaning in the wake of most schools transitioning to online pedagogy, Digital Humanities offers some new and innovative ways to teach humanities and present resources. Watch the full conversation here.

Elena Bashir | Publication

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

AIPS Member Elena Bashir and Thomas Conners recently published "A Descriptive Grammar of Hindko, Panjabi, and Saraiki" as part of the Mouton-CASL Grammar Series. They offer a comprehensive comparison and description of the three important but understudied languages in Pakistan.

SherAli Tareen | Presentation

Monday, April 27, 2020

SherAli Tareen recently delivered a virtual talk for the Hast O Neest Institute in Lahore on the theme of "Religion and Colonial Modernity in South Asia." The talk is delivered in Urdu and was part of a series of lectures during a short course on People, Cultures, and Languages of Pakistan.

Jennifer Dubrow | Article Publication

Monday, April 27, 2020

Jennifer Dubrow recently published an essay in Positions: Asia Critique entitled “Singing the Revolution: India’s Anti-CAA Protests and Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge'.” This piece highlights the role of Urdu poetry in the current protests against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act, with a focus on the poem “Hum Dekhenge” by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a rallying cry in protests in India and abroad.

Maira Hayat S.S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize

Friday, February 28, 2020

Congratulations to AIPS Member and past Fellowship Awardee Maira Hayat who was recently announced as the recipient of the 2019 S.S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize in Pakistan Studies! Maira's won the award for her dissertation, titled "Ecologies of Water Governance in Pakistan: The Colony, the Corporation & the Contemporary."